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List of individual reigns
The list includes The Ring belt. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply.
Keys:
Active Title Reign
Reign has ended
The WBO heavyweight title bouts before August 1997 are not included
| Pos. |
Name |
Title Reign |
Title recognition |
Successful Defenses |
Opponents beaten |
| 1. |
Joe Louis |
11 years, 8 months, 8 days |
Universal |
26 |
21 |
| 2. |
Wladimir Klitschko |
9 years, 7 months and 6 days |
IBF (+WBA, WBO, The Ring) |
18 |
17 |
| 3. |
Larry Holmes |
7 years, 3 months, 12 days |
WBC-to-IBF (+The Ring) |
19 |
19 |
| 4. |
Jack Dempsey |
7 years, 2 months, 19 days |
Universal |
5 |
5 |
| 5. |
John L. Sullivan |
7 years, 0 months, 9 days |
Universal |
5 |
5 |
| 6. |
Jack Johnson |
6 years, 3 months, 10 days |
Universal |
6 |
6 |
| 7. |
Muhammad Ali |
5 years, 11 months, 9 days |
The Ring, (+WBA, WBC stripped) |
9 |
9 |
| 8. |
James J. Jeffries |
5 years, 11 months, 4 days |
Universal |
7 |
6 |
| 9. |
Vitali Klitschko |
5 years, 2 months, 4 days |
WBC |
9 |
9 |
| 10. |
Deontay Wilder |
5 years, 1 month, 5 days |
WBC |
10 |
8 |
| 11. |
Joe Frazier |
4 years, 10 months, 18 days |
NYSAC (+WBA, WBC) |
9 |
9 |
| 12. |
James J. Corbett |
4 years, 6 months, 10 days |
Universal |
1 |
1 |
| 13. |
Jess Willard |
4 years, 2 months, 29 days |
Universal |
1 |
1 |
| 14. |
Lennox Lewis |
4 years, 2 months, 15 days |
WBC (+IBF, WBA stripped, The Ring) |
9 |
8 |
| 15. |
Rocky Marciano |
3 years, 11 months, 29 days |
Universal |
6 |
5 |
| 16. |
Chris Byrd |
3 years, 4 months, 8 days |
IBF |
4 |
4 |
| 17. |
Mike Tyson |
3 years, 2 months, 20 days |
WBC (+WBA, IBF, The Ring) |
9 |
9 |
| 18. |
Anthony Joshua |
3 years, 1 month and 23 days |
IBF (+WBA, WBO) |
6 |
6 |
| 19. |
George Foreman |
3 years, 0 months, 17 days |
(+WBA, IBF stripped) |
2 |
2 |
| 20. |
Evander Holyfield |
3 years, 0 months, 4 days |
WBA (+IBF) |
4 |
4 |
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